A ballad of a lonely night, the artist and the ache A broken girl, a desperate boy The love we give is the love we take Lovers in the dark, away from angry eyes that stare Battle songs from nowhere bars And lonely hearts that go nowhere ♪ Some say the art of life is in the smile that you wear When you remember every line to every song that kept you here Like flowers from the grave and promises too vain to keep To be your brother's keeper, with the song that you seek I've been wrong and I've been right I've been raising hell all night Been alone in quiet places with a bottle and song I've been here and I've been there I've been wasted everywhere I walked a mile just to know what it was like To be the duke of sorrow ♪ Making out in lonely parks Ditching school to skate that pool A poor boy and a hungry band too desperate to be cool Everybody stated out, some with more, some without And it's never what you had It's everything you could do without I've been wrong and I've been right I've been raising hell all night Been alone in quiet places with a bottle and song I've been here and I've been there I've been wasted everywhere I walked a mile just to know what it was like To be the duke of sorrow ♪ And I've been wrong and I've been right I've been raising hell all night Been alone in quiet places with a bottle and song I've been here and I've been there I've been wasted everywhere I walked a mile just to know what it was like To be the duke of sorrow The duke of sorrow